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Becki Fuller and Luna Park of Robots Will Kill came by Fowler for a preview of Paint It Now! Click the image above for some more photos of the exhibition.
Thanks Becki and Luna!!
**Photo by Luna Park
Check out this lovely interview of Lia Post, Fowler’s Founder/Director, and Scott Chasse, one of the curators of our upcoming Paint It Now exhibition. The interview was conducted this past Sunday by The 22 Magazine’s Editor and Publisher, Cat Gilbert!
Cat took some progress shots of the Paint It Now installation (see above), asked about how Fowler got started (almost 8 months ago!), and had Scott explain the thinking behind the huge painting installation that is covering our gallery walls as we speak!
Check out the interview here: http://the22magazine.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/paint-it-now-interview-at-fowler-arts-collective/
Find out more about Paint It Now, and come to our exhibition opening THIS Friday, May 27 from 7-10pm: http://www.fowlerartsbrooklyn.org/paintitnow2011.html
Paint It Now … Press Release! Opening Reception: Friday, May 27th from 7-10pm
EXHIBITION DATES: May 27 to July 6, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 27th from 7-10pm
NORTHSIDE OPEN STUDIOS RECEPTION: Friday, June 17th from 8-11pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Paint it Now curated by participating artists Thomas Buildmore and Scott Chasse
The ever-changing arena of contemporary art presents endless challenges for those who find themselves caught in its currents. From white cube gallery exhibits to brick wall paste-ups and graffiti, the push and pull of what is important, relevant, or dismissible can be both distracting and empowering.
As an examination of how today’s painters negotiate the influence of those who have come before them, navigate the trends of those creating around them, and collaborate with other artists towards a common goal, the concept of Paint it Now was born. The challenge of the exhibit is to investigate how each artist channels these weighted stimuli into their own visual world, and then into a shared visual world. The goal of the show is to reveal what it means for each artist to Paint it Now.
Fusing individual exhibition with a giant collaborative painting installation, Paint it Now serves as an exercise in communication and restriction while highlighting the immediacy of the present. The site-specific main attraction of the show, painted solely in opaque black paint directly on the white wall surfaces of the gallery, bombards the viewer with a visually graphic and completely unified collaboration. By presenting basic parameters which control paint color, painting surface, and project timeframe, the curators unify not only the work of participating artists, but the artists themselves.
After two successful undertakings in Boston at The Distillery Gallery (2008 & 2010), Paint It Now makes its NYC debut in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood in May of 2011. The show’s curators, Thomas Buildmore and Scott Chasse, both contributing artists, have partnered with Fowler Arts Collective and will draw upon the immense pool of local talent for the core of the exhibit. While the show aims to be Brooklyn-centric, artists from Philadelphia and Boston are to be included as well.
Please join us at Fowler Arts Collective on Friday, May 27th from 7-10pm to experience this unique exhibition in person. The opportunity to view Paint it Now is as immediate as the exhibit’s premise. When the show ends, the walls return to white.
FEATURED ARTISTS: Morgan Thomas Anderson, Royce Bannon, Thomas Buildmore, Scott Chasse, Darkclouds, Robert daVies, El Celso, Martin Esteves, Veronica Hanssens, Jessica Hess, Keely, Kenji Nakayama, Nineta, Nose Go, Cense, Damion Silver, John Skibo, Jing Wei, Ben Woodward
There will also be an exhibition reception during this summer’s Northside Open Studios in conjunction with the L Magazine’s Northside Festival. Join us Friday, June 17th from 8-11pm to view the gallery installation as well as visit the artist studios at Fowler.
Contact Lia at fowlerartsbrooklyn [at] gmail [dot] com
Fowler Arts Collective, 67 West Street,#216, Brooklyn, NY 11222
James Kalm, “the guy on the bike,” visited the FIST CITY opening this past Sat. Watch the video for a great tour of our exceptional exhibition!
Check out James Kalm’s artist website (Loren Munk): http://www.lorenmunk.com/
You are welcome anytime Mr. Kalm! xx
Click the image to check out FIST CITY’s exhibition!!
Gallery Hours Sat. and Sun. 12pm-6pm until May 7th, 2011.
Fowler Arts Collective, 67 West Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Opening Reception for FIST CITY! Sat, April 23rd from 6-9pm
Fowler Arts Collective is pleased to present Fist City, an exhibition of abstract paintings by EJ Hauser, Logan Grider, Matt Phillips, and Nathlie Provosty.
A fist is the hand’s best attempt to organize itself. More often than not, our attempts to create order and meaning only remind us of how lawless and mysterious life actually is. What does the inside of your closed hand even look like? Fist City is not just a place;… it is a community and a credo. Hands reaching out to grasp, touch, and configure the entropic. When words become too elusive and you have to take matters directly into your hands, you have entered Fist City.
Titled after the infamous Loretta Lynn song of the same name, Fist City embodies the bold, take-notice attitude of Lynn’s lyrics. The four artists in Fist City are engaged in a rigorous investigation of abstraction and all the different forms it can take. The exhibition is a collaboration between the artists: self-directed and independently organized with the support of Fowler Arts Collective. In addition to paintings, the artists have produced a limited edition broadsheet that will accompany the exhibition.The artists live and work primarily in New York City and Philadelphia.
Please join us for Fist City’s opening reception on Saturday, April 23rd from 6-9 pm. The exhibition will be on view from April 23rd to May 7th. During the exhibition, Fowler will have open gallery hours on Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm to 6pm. During other times, the exhibition can be viewed by appointment.
Fowler is a new gallery and studio collective located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Fowler is located in the Greenpoint Terminal Warehouse complex at 67 West Street between Greenpoint Ave. and Noble St. Look for signs directing you into the second floor space.
Check out the exhibition page on our website here.
